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SCO Says All Linux Is Pirated
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If you're going to make outrageous claims, you might as well go all out. The latest move by SCO is to claim that anyone using Linux is a copyright infringing pirate, and should prepared to be sued. While it looks like they're taking an RIAA-style strategy, the real reason they're probably doing this is to try to scrape together some money before this house of cards collapses. They're sending out letters to commercial Linux users telling them they're guilty of copyright infringements, and if they don't want to face charges for "pirating" software, they need to pay up for a license fee. The idea, I guess, is that they're hoping a few companies will just pay up to avoid dealing with the issue, and it will let SCO scrape together some cash while others fight on against this silliness.
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Why Not?
Do I get to become a felon for that too? Man, I'd love the thought of no more jury duty, no more voting privileges, no more abilities to find a good paying job (or any job for that matter.) Then I can get to doing what apparently they want me to do best, be a criminal like everyone else.
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hah
or is it genetic.... ?
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